User`s guide

30 Starry Night User’s Guide
6 arcminutes. Note that Jupiter will still not
fill the screen.
6 Press the “+” zoom button to continue
zooming in on Jupiter. Once you reach a
field of view of about 35 arcseconds, Jupi-
ter should fill the screen.
7 Click the “-” zoom button and hold your
mouse button down to restore your field of
view to 100
°.
Learning More About Objects
You can double-click on any
object displayed onscreen in
Starry Night to learn more
about it. Double-clicking will open the
Info pane, which has information on the
object organized into different categories.
All of the information fields in the Info
pane are described in detail in “Info Pane
”
on page 91.
Tip: Right-clicking (Ctrl-click on the Mac)
on any object onscreen will open a
contextual menu of options. Select Show
Info from this menu to open the Info pane
and learn more about the object.
Printing Star Charts
Starry Night has a special set of print
settings which make printing informative,
legible charts a snap. You can then take
these charts outside to help with your
stargazing.
Once you have set the time, viewing
direction and field of view, select
File->Print from the menu. You will get a
full-page printout of the area shown
onscreen.
Starry Night Pro and Pro Plus users should
read “Printing
” on page 140 for more
information.
Tool Selection Control
Now that you know about some of the
major features in Starry Night, we’ll take a
quick look at the Tool Selection Control.
This control (in the upper left corner of the
toolbar, to the left of the time controls)
alters the functionality of the cursor,
giving you easier access to a variety of the
program’s features.
The Tool drop down menu contains a
number of selections. To use a tool, click